03/07 EuroCIS 2007: thank you for your visit!

After 3 exciting days the EuroCIS in Düsseldorf, Germany International Trade Fair for Communication, Information and Security Technology in Retail - came successfully to a close, on Thursday 01 March 2007.

Approximately 5,200 international trade visitors from all retail sectors traveled to the Rhine to investigate the wide spectrum of available information technology. A third of trade visitors (opposed to one in four in 2006) arrived from outside Germany's borders.

In conjunction with Futura Retail Solution AG, Germany, Koppermann Computersystems presented our software solutions, which were greeted with great enthusiasm by many of the show’s visitors. Our Visual Merchandising product, TEX-STORE™, is beginning to develop into a "must have" for successful lifestyle brands.

If you have any further questions or comments or would like to see a detailed demonstration of TEX-STORE™ or any of our other software products please don't hesitate to contact us.

12/06 - Witt Weiden selects TEX-STORE™

The underwear, linen and apparel speciality store chain, Witt Weiden, has selected Koppermann’s TEX-STORE™ 3D software application to centrally manage their assortment presentations in their 46 shops in southern Germany.

The assortment plan can be simulated in a three-dimension store TEX-STORE™ environment before Witt Weiden has to make any commitment to its resources concerning styles, colors or quantities. Once in the stores, accurate and timely information relating to the in-shop performance of the assortment presentation will provide Witt Weiden with the ability to accelerate the corporate communication and workflow allowing them to more quickly react to sales performance.

The customers’ shopping habits can also be analysed and applied to the next assortment plan, which can result in an increased future sales and enhance the shopping experience between their customers and Witt Weiden.

www.witt-weiden.de

10/06 - Koppermann TEX-DESIGN™ Teacher's Day

Our many thanks go out to all the teachers and professors at independent design schools and universities who participated in the first Koppermann Teacher's Day. The seminar consisted of discussions concerning Koppermann’s TEX-DESIGN™ software, a review of 'tips and tricks' when using the software as well as a review of the new innovations included in the recently released TEX-DESIGN™ 7.0.

All educators that are interested in our products and services and were not able to attend Teacher’s Day are cordially invited to contact us and request the workshop booklet. The booklet includes a list of the TEX-DESIGN™ tips and tricks that were discussed at the seminar as well as the highlights of the new innovations included in the recent release of Tex-Design 7.0.

We look forward to your requests!

09/06 - Work hard, play hard!

The Koppermann team is greatful for an enjoyable evening at the Oktoberfest 2006.

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09/06 - Koppermann TEX-DESIGN™ Workshop

Koppermanns TEX-DESIGN™ customer Workshop, held annually at the head office in Munich, was once again a great success. The Workshop Booklet is available for download and includes Tips und Tricks, an index of the best new features with screenshots and lots lots more.

TEX-DESIGN™ Workshop Programme (3,9 MB and currently only available in German)

In addition we have produces a small photo gallery to communicate the atmosphere of the event.

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09/06 - Koppermann to address the Fashion Business Congress and Fashion Efficiency Day

Andreas Lachner, Managing Director of Koppermann Computersysteme GmBH, will be one of the main presenters at the 4th Annual Fashion Business Congress and Fashion Efficiency Day. Hosted by TextilWirtschaft, the leading German fashion magazine, and the National Federation of German Textile Retailers Inc., the Fashion Business Congress is Europe’s leading platform for communication and information in the fashion retail sector.

Addressing the Congresses lead theme, Sales Success through Visual Floor Space Optimization, Lachner will discuss the advantages of virtual merchandising software and its impact on product analysis within a specific retail environment. Studies have shown these cutting edge tools increase turnover and improve communications between the manufacturer and the selling floor, resulting in fewer markdowns and higher stock turnovers, all issues of increasing importance to the product managers, floor planners, merchandisers, analysts and sales managers who will be attending.

The Congress is scheduled for November 8th and 9th at the Hilton Hotel in Düsseldorf Germany and will include seminars covering a wide range of IT and Merchandising topics.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Your Koppermann Team

08/06 - A Safer Way to School for Kids in Schäftlarn, Germany

Koppermann Computersysteme GmbH, based in Schäftlarn near Munich, has sponsored Street histories with Moritz and Luise, publishing company Timpass, a booklet on street safety. Written by Nina Petrich, for nursery and primary school children, the 20 page booklet features important safety tips, and engaging artwork and is designed to teach young children proven techniques for avoiding traffic accidents. The booklet is being distributed to teachers for classroom use.

You can find more information at the moritz and Luise Website

07/06 - TEX-DESIGN™ Version 7.00.225 - new features!

An overview of TEX-DESIGN™ new features from version 6.00.223 upto the new version 7.00.225.

TEX-DESIGN™ Version 7 new features (3,7 MB)

06/06 IMB 2006: Thankyou for your visit

Thank you for visiting us at the IMB fair. We are pleased about your great interest in our software solutions.

Currently we are in the process of answer your requests for product information.

Please feel free to contact us with further information, requests or comments at sales@koppermann.com

Please browse through our photo gallery:

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05/06 Wacoal America, (Donna Karan Intimates and DKNY Underwear) invests in Koppermann Software

New York, May 16 2006….. Koppermann Software and Wacoal America, Inc. have announced the successful implementation of the Koppermann Database Line List and its 3-Dimensional visual merchandising software, TEX-STORE™.

Wacoal America and its Japanese parent, Wacoal Corp. are world leaders in the intimate apparel industry and are internationally known for the best fitting, highest quality bras in the world.

Wacoal America merchandises under the Wacoal label as well as being the licensee for Donna Karan Intimates and DKNY Underwear.

"We were looking for a selling tool that would reinforce our commitment to being a step above our competition. After shopping the market, it was obvious Koppermann’s TEX-STORE™ could render our shop concept in 3-D and provide detailed merchandising analysis.", said Robert Vitale, Wacoal America, Inc.’s Executive VP of Sales.

"During the discovery process, we realized that would have to use an existing, legacy database program to provide the merchandising information. Koppermann’s Database Line List application could be configured to meet our exact requirements. Rapid deployment, different configurations for each division and so much more made choosing Koppermann an easy decision."

Koppermann, the Munich, Germany based software company, with offices around the world including the United States, has been developing software for the textile and apparel industries for over 15 years.

"It was great to add Wacoal with their prestigious labels to our client user list. TEX-STORE™ will allow their merchandisers and their customers to visualize their products in the shop environment along with the pertinent data, which will greatly assist them in their buying decisions. Configuring our Line List program to meet their requirements was relatively easy. The uniqueness of our TEX-DEFINE™ DB Design software allows us to create any template design to include any data that is required," said Michael DeMatteis, president of ISIS/Koppermann, the Koppermann U.S. affiliate located in New York City.

05/06 Koppermann participates in Microsofts' Smarter Fashion Initiative

Short seasonal and trend-conditioned product cycles, coupled with a growing demand for vertical processes, pose a particular problem for design and apparel companies. In an effort to help them meet this growing challenge Microsoft has founded Smarter Fashion, a major initiative to be introduced on September 12th, 2006, in Neuss, Germany.

Working with Koppermann and several other leading software developers the Smarter Fashion solution network is designed to provide targeted strategies to software companies that will enable them to configure and maximize the processes in their business plans. Smarter Fashion bundles the know-how of various divisions, including product development, collection management and POS-management to optimise the process cycles along the value chain. In addition to streamlining the core process, customers will achieve the additional benefit of the reduction of barriers among interfaces significantly increasing internal collaboration.

More information is available on Microsofts website

04/06 Join Koppermann at the IMB Exhibition from 10-13 May 2006

Innovation is the theme of IMB 2006, the leading trade fair for technologies and expertise in textiles processing and flexible materials.

And it is our Passion for Innovation that drives Koppermann to provide the finest software solutions for the design and apparel industries. Koppermann develops comprehensive software programs designed to support every process along the supply chain. From design to product data management, to planning, communication, and analysis, Koppermann's customer-focused programs deliver results.

Visit us at our stand where we will be happy discuss how we can deliver innovation and performance to all your retail management and visual merchandising needs.

Hall 8, Aisle A, Stand Nr. 11.

To ensure we have ample time for discussions you may reserve appointments in advance using the following web link: www.koppermann.com/anmeldung/imb

We look forward to seeing you at IMB!

Your Koppermann Team.

01/06 Futura Retail Solution exhibit at the EuroCIS exhibition from 14-16.02.06

Just one year after EuroShop 2005 closes its doors the next important diary date for decision-makers in the IT and security technology field of the retail industry is EuroCIS which takes place in February 2006 in Düsseldorf.

The combination of using both FuturERS from Futura Retail Solution AG and TEX-STORE(TM) from koppermann has resulted in the following benefits; you can now visuale your budget planning not ony in the traditional numeric values but now also in the store environment. This allows the merchandiser to process orders after being certain that the order will optimise sales performance specific to a store environment. It also allows users to see in advance the development of a store merchandising concept.

Until now visual merchandising and merchandise management were two seperate entities. However, due to the co-operation between Futura & Koppermann statistics can now be visualised in the store environment; the two products are simply connected via an interface and away you go!! It has already been tested in the field.

For more information please visit us at the EuroCIS in Düsseldorf. You will find us on the stand for Futura Retail Solution AG in Halle 1, Stand D 05.

EuroCIS has become a one-stop, high-calibre trade fair forum for the industry where some 5,000 leading decision-makers and experts from Germany and the neighbouring European countries have been exchanging information on "Retail Technology" since 1997.

Further information can be found at www.futura4retail.com and www.koppermann.com.

12/06 Update on Koppermanns Godchild

Koppermann this Christmas provided the prospect of a brighter future for their sponsored child. 7 year old Wesley from Brazil is growing and developing well.

Through this parenting scheme and our continued support we can continue to support people in need providing better prospects. Koppermann have been active for some time with the Kinderfonds organisation. It would be great if you would join us in supporting the work of this charity. www.kinderfonds.org

08/05 Adidas launches TEX-STORE™

Adidas implements TEX-STORE™ - a software programme for visual merchandising developed by Koppermann. The software is being used in the Retail-Marketing Area-Central division and serves for virtual shop floor management as well as for the creation of walkthrough movies where entire Adidas stores are presented as a live experience.

Amongst other things, TEX-STORE™ generates specific information and descriptions for each individual fixture module concerning the garments and their placement. Changes in the current collection can also being communicated via the so called re-assortment movies.

08/05 "The Shoe Fits", Gabor Shoes AG opts for Koppermann PDM.

Gabor, the worldwide shoemaker and undisputed German footwear market leader located in Rosenheim, Germany, with an annual turnover of 245 million Euros, has announce its decision to implement the Koppermann Tex-Define PDM software.

After extensively reviewing all PDM solutions available, one of the motivating factors in Gabor's decision was Koppermann's ability to offer a totally customizable and flexible solution. The comprehensive PDM system will contain provisions for future growth and development to accommodate Gabor's ever-expanding production demands.

With the Gabor implementation Koppermann Software continues to expanded its reach outside of the traditional ready-to-wear garment industry.

Gabor Shoes Profile

For more than a half a century Gabor has been at the forefront of European footwear fashion. They move timelessly over these many years by consistently adapting to current footwear trends and ensuring their products are made available to their customers at the right time.

As well as fashionable design, Gabor shoes share a worldwide reputation for excellent fit, the best of materials and top construction quality. The more than 6,000 worldwide retailers currently selling Gabor products can validate this acclamation.

For more information please visit the Gabor website at www.gabor.de

08/05 TEX-DESIGN™ Workshop - Download new product features, tips & tricks

Booklet Download

07/05 UK: New Bhs Design Studio Invests In Tex-Design ™

Source:just-style.com

Leading high street retailer Bhs has invested in apparel design software from Tex-Data in its new design studios. Thirteen licenses of the Tex-Design CAD solution coupled with an extensive training schedule have recently been implemented. With the addition of the Tex-Knit™, Tex-Check™ and Tex-Line™ plug-ins, the design teams at Bhs will be able to create and present realistic imaging of their latest lines. Tex-Design is an apparel specific software application that enables the user to create realistic 2D images that represent the shape, colour and texture of a design before it has even been made. Paul Noonan, managing director of Tex-Data Design Ltd said: "Because Tex-Design is specific to the textile and apparel industry it can generate designs that are as technically enhanced as they are professionally designed, thus revealing a greater insight into the imagination and thought processes behind the designer's concepts."

06/05 Success Story - Jordache implements Koppermann Software

New York City - Isis/Koppermann, North American distributor for Koppermann Computersysteme, GmbH, located in Munich, Germany has announced the deployment of the Koppermann Tex DESIGN & Tex DEFINE Software in the Jordache Limited design studios. Jordache Limited owns and licenses the brands of Jordache, U.S. POLO Assn., Kikit, Maurice Sasson, Gasoline and Fubu Ladies in addition to very wide private label business.

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06/05 Success Story - Implementation of Tex - Define at Delmod International

For decades Delmod International, the world-renowned women’s wear company, has epitomized the highest standards in ladies fashion. Hailed by leading fashion magazines, including Vogue, Elle and Madame, Delmod offers the modern woman a dynamic blend of fashion forward styling and timeless elegance. Delmod has successfully maintained its exacting standards, maximized profitability, and stayed abreast of the latest trends in both technology and design by constantly evaluating and implementing state-of-the-art business practices. Through its partnership with Koppermann, the company has been able to continuously develop and optimize its data-base processes, positioning Delmod to effectively meet the challenges of a constantly changing global marketplace.

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12/04 Koppermann funds a godparentshood for chirstmas

This years christmas, Koppermann has decided to support a godchild in brasil in order to enable it for a better future. From december on, 6 year old Wesley Lindoso Silva and his family are looking forward to a monthy allowance . With a one-time donation we help to establish several humantitarian facilities such as the construstion of a school.

Since years we are participating the Foundation Kinderfonds. Join us! www.kinderfonds.org

11/04 Partnership between Futura Retail Solutions and Koppermann

On behalf of a Congress for Fashion Retail Business held on the beginning of November 2004 by TextilWirtschaft and the BTE, Mr. Vanjo Wandscher, Member of Board of the enterprise Retail Solutions AG and Mr. Andreas Lachner, managing director of the company Koppermann Computersysteme GmbH, agreed on future cooperation in partnership. Futura whose integrated retail- and counter-systems are established of many years and Koppermann who offers graphic systems for Visual Merchandising and Collection Development complement each other excellently in solutions for lifestyle retail. Further information is available on www.futura4retail.com and www.koppermann.com.

07/04 Koppermann on top – with passion

Koppermann solutions for collection development support the peak of German apparel industry. This statement is now backed up with figures in the renowned textile archive “Klartext” from Brannenburg. More than 50 % of Germany's TOP-TEN companies operating in the apparel branch trust in Koppermann software and service. Whether in the field of graphic collection design, in intelligent data management or in sales area management: Koppermann solutions innovate the best companies. Another impressing figure: Koppermann clients in Germany generate narrowly 35 % of the TOTAL revenue of ALL garment enterprises. We continue working on this success – with passion.
(Source: Klartext HAKA 15.3.04, DOB 26.4.04, KIKO 2.6.03)

04/05 Koppermann participates in the 12th BIDT-Congress on June 9th, 2005 in Cologne

Koppermann will participate as exhibitor in the 12th BIDT-Congress "Profitable Forming of Partnerships in Managing Sales Areas" on June 9th, 2005 in Cologne. The lecturing presentation and the trade exhibition discuss and outline innovative methods in vertical optimisation of processes and of sales areas in the textile and apprel industry. The exhibition is organised corporately by the Federal Association of German Textile Retail Trade and the trade magazine TextilWirtschaft. Further information in German language is available under www.bte.de

03/05 Cooperation between Umdasch Shop-Concept and Koppermann

Umdasch Shop-Concept, the European specialist in retail store design and display fixtures, and Koppermann, the leader in software development for the apparel industry, have announced a cooperative agreement linking their two software solutions, ”3Dshop4youCE“ and TEX-STORETM , to improve shop-design, retail management and visual merchandising. More...

09/04 TEX-DEFINE™ – finally available also in Turkish

From now on the complete TEX-DEFINE™ version is also available in Turkish language. It is furthermore possible to translate all forms into any language desired. This applies also for „double-byte languages” like Chinese or Arabic.

For further information or for a purchase order please contact our sales department via e-mail at verkauf@koppermann.com or by phone

Taipei International Textile & Apparel Show 2004 - September 21st to 23rd

Koppermann will be represented at Vision Scientific booth no. D1214 at Taipei International Textile & Apparel Show 2004 from September 21st to 23rd www.titas.com.tw/e

07/04 ”back to the roots”

All those who still know the TEX-DEFINE™ Version 2, will certainly miss the explorer tree in later TEX-DEFINE™ versions. Not only the usability but also the comprehension of folders and properties was extremely clear with the explorer tree because the folder/property ideology acts like the folder/file ideology in the Windows Explorer. Therefore we have re-integrated the explorer in TEX-DEFINE™ version 4 (beginning with version v4181) - at the moment only for the administrator. Not only can you change fast from folder to folder, in addition you can now also see exactly and very well itemised, which types of properties these folder comprise. It is even possible to modify the definition of a property. Are you as excited as we are? You will see that an old technology leaded to a new one which offers you a wide range of possibilities besides a faster working and administrative process.

07/04 new TEX-DEFINE™ version available/TEX-DEFINE™ analyser

Many customers asked for it. Koppermann reacted and offers the new TEX-DEFINE™ analyser version since June 1st, 2004.

The TEX-DEFINE™ analyser version contains the following features:

For further information or for a purchase order please contact our sales department via e-mail at verkauf@koppermann.com or by phone +49 / 8178 / 97-010.

03/04 Koppermann presents a new homepage

You have certainly noticed that Koppermann Computersysteme GmbH has presented itself lately in a new “outfit”. Not only the appearance of their catalogues, manuals and give aways has changed but also the layout of TEX-DESIGN™ version 6.0 has been modernized. Of course the new online visiting card of our enterprise must not lack in this regard and thus our homepage received a new look. We wanted to create an appealing site, but moreover we considered it important to present you a well-defined and clearly arranged homepage which will hopefully be inviting for future visits...